Thursday, December 10, 2009

I'm actually kinda shocked at just how many of my favorite polishes are drugstore polishes. Of all the well-marketed and hugely hyped higher-end polishes out there, I find it quite hilarious that I usually prefer the cheapo no-name 99 cent bin stuff.

This is Massini Slamming Red. This picture just doesn't capture how truly awesome this polish is. If you look at the bottle, you'll see a whole lot of holographic effect happening- that's what's happening on your nails when you wear this. I tried to blur this picture a little to show some of that amazing holo glitter, but I just haven't been able to capture it. The name of the polish is Slamming Red, but it's not really a true red... more of a deep magenta? Dark pink? And it's made of lots and lots of glitter in a lightly tinted base.

Now, the thing about this polish is that it's chunky as hell. The texture is thick and paste like when applying (though thinner does help) and it's super bumpy scratchy when it dries. However, the polish itself is just so incredibly amazing that I don't care about the formula or scratchiness at all. Even if it was twice as thick and lumpy I would still love it. Sure, it needs an extra coat or two of topcoat, but that is a small price to pay for awesomeness.

You may be familiar with Massini if you live in the midwest. It's Meijer's "house brand" of nail polish. You may also find a lot of the names and colors to be very familiar. Massini is a private label by Forsythe (aka Color Club!) so you'll see a lot of Color Club shades in Massini bottles. Which is great if you want to see Color Club's latest collections in person before you buy. They don't always have all the colors and they do have a lot of shades unique to Massini, like Slamming Red and Purple Medallion and those two wacky glitters from Fall that have no names.

Massini also has another glitter like this called Purple Medallion, which I've also never been able to capture on camera... But I'm going to keep trying!

So... yeah... I love this polish. A lot. And if it doesn't look amazing enough on its own, I Konad'ed over it once with black and it looked super cool. The bright colored holo peeking through the stark black lines... So beautiful.

You are so lucky. In the UK we have a mere fraction of the polishes available to you.I just love this. I am streamlining my collection with a bias for more cheap polishes and fewer expensive ones. I hate the OPI brush anyway... *shrugs*What a colour!

I'm in the Midwest, but they don't have many Meijers in the Chicago area. (at least not near me...) so I'll have to find one, because this polish is worth hunting down! Gorgeous. Thank you for the info! (And I agree, I love the drugstore polishes, too!)

I am in Minnesota, but we do not have any Meijer's here =(... every time I see one of these Massini polishes it breaks my heart a little bit LOL. Maybe once I go off my no-buy I'll hit up Mary's Body & Soul Shoppe =)

Since I am from Ontario, Canada and have no way of buying these two Massini polishes, would someone be willing to send them to me (I'd pay you of course) or exchange with me? I can get most polishes, just not those that are exclusive to the US.

I would be indebted to you forever!!ndushney@gmail.comhttp://onbeautyandpolish.blogspot.com

I too love this shade - I'm actually wearing it right now! It's gorgeous...the glitter gives the polish such depth, and it is so difficult to photograph! Thanks for posting...it looks beautiful on your hand!

Yay! I finally found a Meijer near (well, not quite near...) me, and got this polish! (along with Purple Medallion and a few others...) While I was looking through the other Massini's, I noticed something very interesting- many of the colors, including the names, are exactly the same as Color Club's. Is Massini made by Color Club? Plus, Meijer's ROCKS. Thanks for the heads up!